The General Education Committee (GEC) will have the authority to recommend to the Faculty Senate policies pertaining to the General Education Program and to determine such policies subject to review by the Faculty Senate, in such matters as the following:
Oversight of the General Education Program in accordance with the education aims of the university and the criteria to meet those aims.
Designation of courses meeting general education learning outcomes and establishing the procedures for assessing those outcomes.
Recommend policy pertaining to test-out procedures for the General Education Program curriculum.
Gathering assessment evidence regarding the General Education Program.
Evaluating assessment data and making recommendations to improve the General Education Program to the Faculty Senate and appropriate administrative units.
2011-2012 GEC membership listing 2011-2012 GEC meeting schedule
General Education Program proposal information:
Guidance document for completing the GEP proposal form
All new proposals in the General Education Program (GEP), once completed and approved by departments, should be sent to the Chair of the General Education Committee, Nancy LoPatin-Lummis (nlopatin@uwsp.edu), to be placed on a forthcoming committee agenda. Be certain to strike out deleted material and underscore new material in revisions. The chairperson sets the agenda for meetings and will notify departments when proposals are to be discussed.
The GEP proposal form and examples are located at:
Guidelines for Revising the Major and Adding new General Education requirement